related /rɪˈleɪtɪd/ star3 CET4

• 1.  

  ADJ（形容词） If two or more things are related, there is a connection between them. 有联系的

  例：

  The philosophical problems of chance and of free will are closely related.

  关于偶然性和自由意志的哲学问题是紧密相联的。

• 2.  

  ADJ（形容词） People who are related belong to the same family. 有亲属关系的 [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  The children, although not related to us by blood, had become as dear to us as our own.

  这些孩子，虽然和我们没有血缘上的亲属关系，也变得像我们亲生的一样亲了。

• 3.  

  ADJ（形容词） If you say that different types of things, such as languages, are related, you mean that they developed from the same language. (语言) 同源的

  例：

  He recognized that Sanskrit, the language of India, was related very closely to Latin, Greek, and the Germanic and Celtic languages.

  他认识到梵语，即印度的语言，与拉丁语、希腊语、日尔曼语和凯尔特语密切同源。